Trip to California

My sisters and mom all went down to California for the weekend to look for baby bedding. We went to LA where there are a million fabric stores to choose from. I decided to go with blue, brown, & tan as my colors and we found the perfect material. We also found material to re-apholster the glider chair that I bought at a garage sale for $10! So with the wonderful help of my mom, we have been sewing quite a bit! While in Cali, we stayed out our family boat in Newport. My uncle was out there at the same time and took us sailing. The weather was perfect!

Update

I know it has been forever since I posted last! Everything is going good with Ryan and I. We are getting ready to start our "busy season" with our jobs where we will be working over 55 hours a week... which I am not looking forward to! So you probably won't hear from me again until we have a baby... which is only 2.5 months away! I can't believe it's coming up so fast. We are trying to prepare for him to come as much as we can. I went to a garage sale and was able to find a ton of baby furniture all in excellent shape for cheap! We were lucky to find what we did. We are still living with my parents so things are getting more and more crowded with baby furniture and stuff. We are hoping to find our own place after the baby is born. I hope everyone is doing good... I check all of your blogs to keep up to date as much as I can! Here are some more pictures of my growing belly!

Taken: 12/8/08


Taken: 12/20/08 These are my cousins & sister... our family has a lot of pregnant ladies running around!


Taken: 12/24/08


Taken: 1/8/09

Here are some pictures from our Christmas. We celebrated on Christmas Eve so that my sister & her family could spend Christmas with her in-laws. We had a wonderful dinner and then little Hunter (my sister's little boy) took over handing out the presents to everyone. Ryan got Guitar Hero which he has not stopped playing! And my sisters spoiled him with Mario Kart which we've all had fun playing. We hope everyone had a great Christmas too!!

IT'S A BOY!!!!

So we finally found out a week ago that we are having a little Ryan Rappleye JR! The ultrasound was so fun to watch. The baby was just moving around like crazy. I'll try scanning the ultrasound pictures in later- there's a good shot of the baby trying to suck his thumb! I was so surprised when I found out it was a boy though. I was positive it was going to be a girl- especially since my sister Sarah is pregnant and we are both completely opposite in the way we're carrying and our diet etc. But, she is having a boy as well! It will be fun to have boys together but I don't know what to do with boys! Everyone says they're easier so I guess I'm safe. Now we just have to start thinking of names...and it's not going to be Edgar :)

Here are some pictures I've been promising of my little belly. I had a Dr. appointment last week and he asked me if I was even pregnant! Some days I don't look pregnant one bit but then there are other days that my sister's won't stop touching my belly because it looks so big. Hope you enjoy!


9.10.08- 10 weeks along


10.19.08- 16 weeks along


11.2.08- 18 weeks along


11.16.08- 20 weeks along

Comments

So I just realized that I had a ton of comments that needed "approval" before they showed up on my blog. And most are from a month ago! So to those who I did not respond to, I'm sorry! I promise I wasn't trying to ignore you... I just didn't know how the whole comment thing worked. But now i have it down :) So thanks for your comments and I'll try responding better to future ones!

OUR BIG NEWS!!

And... by the way... I'M PREGNANT!!! I'm about 15 weeks right now and due the first week in April. The best part is that my sister Sarah is pregnant with me!! We are only a week apart. It's nice because we can sympathize with each other- however, she has been able to eat and eat and has felt great while I've been hating food and feel sick. :) It hasn't been that bad. Ryan and I are pretty excited! We should be able to find out what we're having the middle of November so I'll keep you posted!

Update

So a lot has gone on the past little while. First off, Ryan passed the first part of the CPA Exam with flying colors!!! I'm so proud of him for being so determined to get it done. I know from experience it is not a fun test to study for and it takes lots of self discipline to accomplish. And with an average passing rate of only 45-50% on the test, he did an amazing job!

Then, Ryan and I have spent the past 3 weeks living out of a suitcase training for our new job. We spent a week in LA and then two weeks in Arizona. It was a good experience but I'm so glad to be home! At least Ryan and I were able to be there together which made it much better. And we were able to go out with our friends April and Adam- we haven't seen them in forever! So that was a plus to being away too. Now we are ready to start our jobs... we'll see how we like it.